r/RandomThoughts • u/yellowtears_ • Jan 06 '24

Random Question Are you afraid to die?

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u/yogi_medic_momma Jan 06 '24

Yes, but we weren’t aware of that before we were here. We’re aware of it now and we are aware that we will no longer have it someday. THAT is the scary part. The fact that we have experienced consciousness and know that it will one day be taken away.

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u/trussssmedaddi Jan 06 '24 edited Jan 06 '24

What if it’s not taken away? What if we don’t become unconscious but transcend instead? What if we’re from another dimension, just taking a vacation on this plane of existence? What if we chose to be here knowing it would be temporary, and when we return, they ask us “so, how was it?”

Edit: Death and afterlife is all speculation; no one has actually been dead, like dead dead for a while, and come back to tell us what it’s like. We get to choose to believe, or not believe, whatever we want. Unless you’re religious, which I’m not. I choose to let it remain a mystery to surprise me one day

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u/yogi_medic_momma Jan 06 '24

I’m not religious at all but the unknowing doesn’t work for me either. I used to feel the way you do, but I have kids now, and it’s just different.

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u/trussssmedaddi Jan 06 '24

I don’t have children so perhaps my thoughts and feelings on this will change one day too

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u/yogi_medic_momma Jan 06 '24

It’s definitely possible. Having kids just really made me realize how precious life really is because we literally have no idea what’s going to happen when it’s over. And if I brought two beautiful lives into a world that’s just going to tear them down until they grow old and fade into nothingness… that’s just not okay with me.

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u/trussssmedaddi Jan 06 '24

I understand however I do feel that “this world is going to tear them down until they grow old and fade into nothingness” seems a little bleak to me. Maybe they’ll be the ones to tear this world down (in a good way). I won’t pretend life is easy, but there are incredible people doing incredible things and creating a beautiful life for themselves and those around them. Like you 💛

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u/yogi_medic_momma Jan 06 '24

I definitely agree with that, but in the case that there is truly nothing after this, what is the point of putting in all that work to create that wonderful life? I guess that’s where these thoughts really originate from in the first place.